Hebe for Irish Gardens

What This Collection Brings to the Garden

Hebes are evergreen shrubs with neat foliage and spikes of flowers, offering useful structure for smaller borders, containers and many coastal gardens.

Hebes provide compact evergreen structure with neat foliage and summer flowers that are attractive to pollinators. Their range of sizes makes them useful at the front of borders, in gravel planting and in containers.

Why It Works in Irish Gardens

Many hebes suit mild Irish and coastal gardens particularly well, but hardiness varies between cultivars. Good drainage and shelter from severe inland frost improve reliability for more tender forms.

Choosing the Right Plants

Choose by mature size, leaf form, flower colour and hardiness. Compact hebes work well in smaller gardens and containers, while larger forms can provide useful evergreen mass in sheltered borders.

Planting and Care

Avoid hard pruning into old bare wood. Light trimming after flowering can keep plants compact, and good drainage is especially important during winter.